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Named after two battleships in the American Civil War, these
ironclad warships met in the Battle of the Hamptons in March 1862, the first battle involving ironclad ships.
The battle had immediate effects on navies around the world. The preeminent naval powers, Great Britain and France, halted further construction of wooden-hulled ships. Although Britain and France had been engaged in an iron-clad arms race since the 1830s, the Battle of Hampton Roads signaled a new age of naval warfare for the whole world. A new type of ironclad warship was produced on the principles of the original Monitor. The use of a small number of very heavy guns, mounted so that they could fire in all directions, was first demonstrated by Monitor and soon became standard in warships of all types.
The two formations in this image mark the beginning of the high plateau leading to Canyonlands National Park.
Hope you have a great week ahead. Thanks, as always, for stopping by and for all of your support -- I greatly appreciate it. We have one more day in Moab before heading home thru Yosemite,
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The Nile monitor is Africa's longest lizard. They are native to Sub-Saharan Africa and along the Nile. They are not found in any of the desert regions of Africa (notably Sahara, Kalahari and much of the Horn of Africa), however, as they thrive around rivers.
They grow from about 120 to 220 cm in length, with the largest specimens attaining 244 cm. In body mass, adults have been reported to vary widely, one study claiming only 0.8 to 1.7 kg, others state weights ranging from 5.9 to 15 kg in big monitors. Variations may be due to age or environmental conditions.
Their nostrils are placed high on their snouts, indicating these animals are very well adapted for an aquatic lifestyle. They are also excellent climbers and quick runners on land. Nile monitors feed on a wide variety of prey items, including fish, frogs, toads (even poisonous ones), rodents, small reptiles and birds, eggs, invertebrates, and carrion. (Wiipedia)
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The little frog in this photo (an African Foam-nesting Tree Frog) fought valiantly but could not escape from this young monitor. The monitor is quite a lot smaller than some we have seen elsewhere.
Ankasa National Park, Ghana. March 2019.
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Monitor lizard, Malaysia.
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A lioness in the Masai Mara monitoring her surroundings while her cubs approach.
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Monitor Lizard, spotted yesterday at the sidewalk og a busy tourist place on Samui island, Thailand
I am not sure if this is a monitor lizard - if someone knows about, please correct me!
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This land monitor (varanus bengalensis) raised its head nicely as I got closer to it. The animal's snout is a little muddy from foraging - its diet is varied, including mice, ants, fruit, frogs, spiders, scorpions and beetles. Photographed in Yala, near Kirinda, Sri Lanka.
CUTE AS A BUTTON
Portrait of a beautiful little Varanus ocreatus. Specimen found sheltering under a rock in the stony, hummock grass clad, sub-tropical foothills of the spectacular Selwyn Range in far NW Qld.
California State Route 89 southeast of Lake Tahoe. We used this route to get to US 395 along the eastern Sierra. This photo is part of a series of photos taken during a recent trip to the Eastern Sierra.
Came across this fella when out looking for spiders. A bit bigger than my usual photographic subjects nowadays( 3 to 5 mm), he was over a meter in length and seemed to have just shed his old skin as his colours were brilliant.
Minutes later he had shot up a nearby tree.
(Varanus Mertensi) Monitor lizards (from the Latin monere ‘to warn’) are so-called because of the way they raise their heads and upper body in an apparently watchful pose. As you see in the photo, the lizard does appear to be keeping a lookout. Mertens’ water monitors are found in coastal and inland waters across far northern Australia, from Broome to the western side of Cape York peninsula. They’re always near water, where they bask on rocks or overhanging branches, or amongst aquatic plants.
These lizards actually dig burrows at the water’s edge, where they shelter at night.
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I have lots of photos of the Lace monitor lizards at the zoo, so here is another one. This is the male, he is bigger than the female and amazingly agile for his size and weight. When I took this shot he was climbing up an almost vertical rock wall to reach a ledge where he likes to sleep.
Full-size replica of USS Monitor
Source: Mariners' Museum in Newport News, Virginia
The first ironclad warship commissioned by the US Union Navy during the American Civil War. Built in only 101 days and launched on Jan. 30, 1862 with a design of revolving turret, enabled to fire nearly 360 degrees with 2 cannons inside.
Played a central role in the Battle of Hampton Roads to fight against the CSS Virginia, Confederate ironclad warship on Mar. 9, 1862.
Sank at sea with 16 men on stormy, Dec. 31, 1862. Discovered in 1973, the wreck site was designated the first National Marine Sanctuary in 1975.
Gun turret, cast iron propeller, and more than 250 artifacts have been recovered.
Wikipedia: The Asian water monitor (Varanus salvator) is a large varanid lizard native to South and Southeast Asia. It is one of the most common monitor lizards in Asia, ranging from coastal northeast India, Sri Lanka, mainland Southeast Asia to Indonesian islands where it lives close to water. Adults rarely exceed 1.5–2 m (4 ft 11 in–6 ft 7 in) in length, but the largest specimen on record, from Sri Lanka, measured 3.21 m (10.5 ft).
In Thailand, the local word for a water monitor, hia (เหี้ย), is used as an insulting word for bad and evil things, including bad persons. The word is also thought to bring bad luck, so some people prefer to call the animals 'silver-and-gold' (ตัวเงินตัวทอง) to avoid the jinx.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_water_monitor
Conservation status: Least Concern
La scena era per testare un tele 400 di un mio amico, puntando nel mezzo della lampada da scrivania e il top del mio monitor...e' venuta fuori questa foto, simpatica per uno sfondo di scrivania.
Auf dem Weg zu den Moken.
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The monitor displays a history of fuel consumption for the last half hour, averaged over five-minute intervals. The "Current" MPG reading at the right is zero when the car is not moving, is off the top of the scale when the car is moving but the gasoline engine is off, and otherwise shows the fuel economy you're achieving moment by moment.Then it's averaged over five minutes, and displayed on the chart at the left; the little car symbols show how much energy you've put back into the battery pack using regenerative braking.